as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
a temporary suspension of the gas tax was just a crowd-pleasing juggle that was not a long-term solution to the energy problem
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as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
everyone thinks that they are too smart to be juggled by con artists
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Recent Examples of juggle
EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Re juggles making meals, getting the older twins to school and back, changing diapers on the younger twins and making her own YouTube videos to introduce life in South Korea to the world.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
Following Jimmy Butler's trade, Miami Heat players and fans seem to be juggling a mixture of grief and relief — and who can blame them?
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Christopher shows off his yo-yo skills, Gil juggles, and Michael recites an original poem.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Re juggles making meals, getting the older twins to school and back, changing diapers on the younger twins and making her own YouTube videos to introduce life in South Korea to the world.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Verb
The agency is also juggling a lot of competing priorities in terms of cargo and crew missions to the station.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
Following Jimmy Butler's trade, Miami Heat players and fans seem to be juggling a mixture of grief and relief — and who can blame them?
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggle
Noun
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Is this to maintain the ruse of amateurism to go along with the players’ professed allegiance to and love of this particular university, however temporary?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
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Through a clever ruse, the trio manages to escape, but Léo is shot and starts going into labor.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That difference between them proves rather problematic when Stuart tricks Ted into merging their firm with another that's coincidentally run by Ted's ex, Samantha (Rachelle Goulding), and then cuts his partner out of the deal.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Phishing emails, malware-laden attachments and fraudulent schemes now lurk within spam messages, tricking unsuspecting users into clicking malicious links, revealing sensitive information or even infecting their devices with ransomware and spyware.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What’s needed now are more flexible funding schemes and opportunities that will allow Latvian productions to be competitive on the global market.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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When Tony White left after the regular season for Florida State, Nebraska lost a defensive tactician and a coordinator who brought an effective scheme to the Blackshirts.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Minor leaguers and players trying to make the club out of spring can put up gaudy (deceiving) numbers against dubious competition.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The viewer may feel deceived for a moment, but most people know that trash talk is par for the course among sports fandoms.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Because of the game being played on Monday instead of the weekend, the teams had an extra day to pack up, get out of dodge and head south to play the game as emergency officials scrambled to quench the infernos in the Los Angeles area.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The developers have also added new skills related to the dodge roll, such as the ability to leave behind an illusory copy of your character to act as a decoy, which make the new mechanic feel essential to the modernized gameplay the sequel implements.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Lohse even managed to fool historian Jonathan Petropoulos, who is at the center of the documentary, and spent years investigating Lohse, only to be tricked by him.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Was their advocacy for new energy sources just a ploy to fool their constituents and get reelected?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Bless dynamically allocates workloads based on device capabilities.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The center charged medical device and training companies $649 for heads, $330 for a pair of feet and $1,400 for a whole body.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Louie's owner's TikTok account is full of the dog up to mischief, digging in the garden with his owner, watching TV, playing fetch, fooling around in the snow, and undergoing training.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Best job of playing fetch: Dizzy from the Arkansas Travelers Dizzy, an English Cream Golden Retriever who serves as a real-life mascot for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers, is a minor-league pup with big-league talent.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
14 July 2024
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“Juggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggle. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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